Volunteer Profile Lisa Faulkner

Where do you volunteer? NOW Group

What inspired you to get involved? I was interested in working with adults

with learning difficulties as a full time pro-fession. It also would give me the experi-ence to apply for other jobs in the future.

What does your volunteering involve?

I volunteer in Fandom and Job Club. I helped create an environment and or-chestrate activities to help adults with autism form social bonds and I helped

facilitate participants completing job appli-cations.

What do you enjoy most about

volunteering and what has been your highlight?

I enjoyed developing a positive space for the participants to gain social support and

support to keep positive during job searching.

Why would you encourage others to

become a Millennium Volunteer? It gave me the skills I needed to gain em-ployment as a job coach and helped in-

crease my confidence in my skills.

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Spring 2018 | Downpatrick

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Trap, neuter and return Volunteer Want to make a vital contribution to maintaining a healthy population of

feral cats in the UK? Feral cats are the offspring of stray or abandoned domestic cats. They can be found living in urban and ru-ral areas and present a huge chal-

lenge to feline welfare charities across the UK.

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First Connect Volunteer

Volunteers will provide support to older people to help them access

new opportunities and services that they consider best enhances and sustains their wellbeing and inde-

pendence. No previous knowledge or experi-ence is required to access this role

as tailored training is provided. http://bit.ly/2D4Zr4o

Volunteer Social Media Promoter Fledgling Arts Collective Central are looking for someone who is as pas-sionate as we are about the amaz-ing benefits the arts can have on

mental health. We are looking for a Volunteer So-

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IT VOLUNTEER Here at Pawzitive we really would appreciate someone who could vol-unteer to help us update our web-site, which has a Wordpress tem-

plate. To those who are IT savvy I'm told Wordpress is easy to manage - sadly none of our fabulous volun-

teers is familiar with it and we could do with some help.

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Down District First Response Ser-vice

Our community first responders

(CFRs) respond to local emergency calls and provide lifesaving first aid in those vital minutes before an am-

bulance arrives. You do not need any previous first aid or medical ex-perience as all training will be pro-

vided. http://bit.ly/2qZO9qS

South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust

We are looking for activity volunteers for our Market Street Resource

Centre, Downpatrick. Duties include: Providing music/sing-a-long

sessions for clients; Assisting clients with organised day to day activities

under the supervision of staff; Befriending - listening &

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Fertility Network UK

We provide advice, information and support for anyone affected by fertil-

ity issues. We also work to raise awareness of the impact of fertility problems and to campaign for fair

provision of fertility treatment throughout the UK. General volun-teers will promote the Fertility Net-work UK charity in the local area

within Northern Ireland. (16+) http://bit.ly/2pYZNOw

The Woodland Trust We are looking for local media

volunteers across NI! Your communication and creative writing skills will be well utilised to support

our PR team in promoting and raising awareness of our activities.

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Awareness & Activities Volunteer Crohn’s and Colitis UK have teams

of volunteers based around the country raising awareness of

Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Coli-tis – two of the main forms of Inflam-matory Bowel Disease (IBD). Sup-port us in our fight to see a world in which people’s lives are not limited

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Volunteering can open up many doors for not only our youth but for all

age groups whilst growing experi-ence, nurturing skills, encouraging

working relationships with our peers and moreover, experiencing the skills involved in the sharing of work-based knowledge and involvement in com-munities of practice. Millennium Vol-unteers are experts in manipulating the potential that volunteering can bring to a company thus improving the quality of the employees in the

workplace while fulfilling the needs of the individual who gives his or her

time as a volunteer. Belfast Media Group

When recruiting new staff we place significant value on volunteering. As an employer it shows initiative, self-motivation and commitment, all the personal qualities we can’t

give you. One of the easiest things for employers is to provide you

with training to gain qualifications and specific skills to do the job but we can’t give you those very im-portant personal skills that show you don’t have to be asked to do

something to get motivated. Lear Training

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